Monday, February 20, 2012

Just.

Put aside your arms
my brother. Our interest
was not the interest yet
stumbling on the mess
we did.

And weeps my infants,
all suckled to fleeting
trembles. If cheeks were
turning, sir, we failed
indeed.

Fear: Now possessed in
our hearts for if our
judgment is idle, no
pardon reconciles what
we did.

I stand here my brother.

I stand here my brother. I stand here strong. 
I'll defend our freedoms from that which is wrong. 
What terrors and horrors our honor beset
and glory with passion our power has met,
but darkness came wreathing upon holy realms. 
So heed my brother, hasten to the helms!
Is war still option or now requisite?
Ablaze are the tempests that have now been lit. 
Draw your arms, let loyalty rang!
So listen to tearful mourning, which sang,
"It's peace that we want, it's God that we need!"
It's our duty to fight; it's our duty to bleed. 
It's our victory we face and our triumph we claim. 
The resulting ruined rubble leaves no one to blame. 
So, we leave our fates guessing and our future aside
as we strive to resolve where evils reside. 
Discern the will of God and know what is good,
what's perfect and acceptable; to know what is good. 

Battles won by force
are the only ones that end
in victory's peace. 

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Duplicity

Do you hear that noise?
A hissing of the mind
Offering so called happiness
Leaves its victim blind

See that luring sight?
A beauty deep as skin
Powered by emotion
What truly was has been

Feel that rascal pelt?
So from pernicious beasts
For at this point you've lost
And gracefulness has ceased

We all were once but young
And when we know what's true
This Greater Love redeems
Our innocence anew